Beatrice Clara BOWES

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BOWES, Beatrice Clara

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 1890
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	11 January 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boonah Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Boonah War Memorial, Ipswich Methodist Church Great War Honour Roll, Queensland Australian Army Nursing Service Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1915:	Involvement 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
31 Jul 1915:	Embarked 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, RMS Orontes, Sydney

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Biography

Staff Nurse
AANS

Born 1890 at Charters Towers, Qld.
Daughter of Rev. Joseph BOWES and Clare nee DAWSON
Of Methodist Parsonage, Ipswich Qld.
Aged 25 years
Enlisted 24 May 1917 at Brisbane, Qld.
Embarked 09 June 1915 per “Orontes”
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia 19 March 1916 per “Demosthenes”
Medical Discharge 29 June 1916
Married Charles Edward COSSART in 1916

Biography contributed by Cheryl Thompson

Married name Cossart

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War Memorial
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